by Thomas | Jul 24, 2011 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
One of the popular reasons for a tourist to visit the Indian wilderness is in the hope of sighting the Bengal Tiger. The most frequent conversation starter amongst tourists who visit an Indian Wildlife Sanctuary is – “Have you seen a Bengal Tiger before...
by Thomas | Jul 17, 2011 | Bandipur, Birds, India
It had been a while since we sighted a Hoopoe and photographed the beautiful golden-coloured, crested bird. Hoopoes are normally found on the forest floor, either close to or right on the Jeep tracks itself. However, they tend to fly away when the vehicles get too...
by Thomas | Jul 10, 2011 | Bandipur, India
Though most of the wildlife sanctuaries in India are closed during the monsoons, a few popular sanctuaries like Bandipur national park & Tadoba national park are open all year round. It is said that wildlife sightings are far and few during the monsoon season....
by Thomas | Jun 13, 2010 | Bandipur, Birds, India
The Tickell’s Flycatcher is a widespread resident of India. We have sighted them many a times and found them quite inquisitive. You can often find them keenly observing you from a distance of about 30 feet.And this is exactly what happened to us at Tusker...
by Thomas | Oct 4, 2009 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India
While on vacation, we visited Bandipur national park, and were blessed with a 5 minute sighting of the King of the Indian wilderness – the Tiger. It was a very lucky sighting and here we share with you our ‘Royal’ experience. It had been drizzling...
